Rider Down RIP Will King 4/24/09 University of Tampa Area
Originally Posted by The Minaret Online(UT News)
A 23-year-old University of Tampa student is in critical condition at Tampa General Hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday afternoon.
According to Janelle McGregor, Tampa Police Department media relations assistant, officers were dispatched at 2:52 p.m. to the scene.
Patricia Sewell, 73, was traveling east on Grand Central Avenue when she was struck by a motorcycle driven by William King, who was traveling south on Hyde Park Avenue, when he crashed into Sewell's 1988 Toyota pick-up truck. The crash occured at the intersection of the two streets.
King was in critical condition Wednesday night at TGH.
Sewell will not be cited for the crash.
In the last two years, two UT students have died in motorcycle accidents and another was seriously injuried in a scooter accident less than a block from Wednesday's crash.
Check back to The Minaret Online for updates to this story.
The Minaret - UT Student Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries in Motorcycle Crash
I personally knew the guy. Good guy. Quite a few of us are in shock as he is also dating one the other nursing students. A few of the nursing students went to visit him in the NeuroICU last night and he is indeed in very critical condition. I will disclose information in a more appropriate manner further down the road in respect for his family and loved ones.
The city / downtown area is definitely not the safest area to ride.
Ride safely out there.
-Al
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Just an easy rider on 4 and by 2...
Last edited by Alberto411; Apr 24, 2009 at 06:07 AM.